Bad Storm in NH today.

[plowking]

There was a bad storm,either tornado, funnel or windshear,National Weather Service will decide tomorrow. A woman died from house collapse,it happened 15 miles West from me. I know there are a few others in NH that were near storm ,hope everyone is ok. I was just in Epsom/ Deerfield area yesterday working on house near the damage. Insurance companies may or may not pay for tree removal,depends on the insurance policy. plowking

 

[ragkar]

We had that storm come through last night. It's not windshear. That's a term for winds changing direction aloft, not on the ground.
It most likely was a microburst. Picture a bucket of water dumped on the ground and then substitute air for the water. Winds on the ground are very localized and clock 90 to 150 mph.
I had one of those hit me two decembers ago. It took down about seventy full oak trees and damaged my garage to the tune of $15K. The insurance payed for garage and vehicle damage but not fallen tree cleanup.
I spread the word - free firewood, cut and haul your own and that helped.